Two Hundred and Ninety-Four,

Chapter 678 294,

"Your Majesty?" The major asked in a low voice because he was a little confused about Aigron's words. "What do you mean?"

"Sorry, I personally like poetry, and occasionally I get interested, so I can't help but say a few words. Please don't mind." Aigron smiled awkwardly.

Only then did the major realize.

After all, he grew up with Austrians... he thought to himself.

This young man grew up in the palace and received a complete royal education. At the same time, it was inevitable that he would be exposed to some palace habits. It was normal for him to like to arbitrate his words and sentences.

Major Mipe has been in the army for many years and has been dealing with weapons all his life. Although he has been forced to retire in the past ten years, he is still thinking about how to return to the army and is not interested in writing or writing.

But he would not be stupid enough to displease Aigron, so he reluctantly supported him. "I see... It's really refreshing. Your Majesty, it's a blessing for the country that you have such a high level of literacy."

"Okay." Aigron was amused by the other party's poor flattery. He couldn't help but smile and waved his hand to stop the other party. "You don't have to force yourself. You have done enough to satisfy me. For me , poetry is just a hobby, and will never be used as a standard for my evaluation of others. You have done a good enough job, so you don’t have to force yourself to cater to me on this kind of thing..."

The major also laughed awkwardly.

To be honest, although the major is already working for Aigron, he has only dealt with Aiglon very few times so far. Apart from his name and his ambitions, he is still in a state of ignorance about everything else about him.

What kind of person is he? In addition to a simple "Bonaparte" symbol, what else could belong to him? This is still a mystery that needs to be explored to the major.

Exploring this mystery is very important to the major - because if nothing happens, he may have to beg for food under this young man for many years to come.

This small episode allowed him to see that this young man had vanity and hobbies other than lust for power. However, because of this, the major felt even more relieved, because it showed that young people are human beings after all. It would be uncomfortable to become a perfect power monster at such a young age.

After appeasing the major, Aigron answered the other party's doubts, "Actually, what I mean is very clear. We must give these soldiers confidence and let them believe that they will win if they follow us.

At least the probability of winning is high. In order to achieve this goal, we must make them believe that the situation in Paris is hopeless and that the dynasty is destined to collapse. They must rush to Paris to save the entire country... Once they accept this, they will and You and I are just as excited to give it a try.

Similarly, we cannot wait passively. We must control the information channels and let them believe everything we want them to believe. "

"If it can be done, of course it would be best..." the major agreed with Aigron, but obviously still had some reservations, "but how do you think it should be done?"

Aigron curled his lips and smiled, showing that he was confident and also had a hint of humor. "Of course we let the officials convey the message we want to say..."

He then detailed his plan to "intercept information" to the major.

He had already sent his guard captain to implement this plan before, and during this time, he conceived and perfected this plan.

To put it simply, his plan was to take advantage of the time difference caused by two contradictory conditions: "the observation tower's support equipment can quickly transmit messages" and "the backward traffic conditions make it difficult to verify the message."

In order to buy as much time as possible and prevent people from becoming suspicious, he needs to control the node at the end of this information chain in advance.

For example, at the end of the message transmission, there are three consecutive nodes ABC. Assuming that node A is still under normal official control and transmitting information normally, after the sender of node A releases the information, he can see it with a telescope A colleague on the Node B observation deck dozens of kilometers away is operating the machine normally and copying his actions just now, so in his opinion, Node B is working normally.

But in fact, while node B publishes messages normally, node C does not need to see B's actions at all and directly publishes the messages according to Aigron's plan. Then serious information pollution will occur starting from node C, and after C and C Those nodes will send error messages.

Because A can only see B and not C, everything seems normal to him and he will not be suspicious at all.

By the time the information contaminated by place C was passed on by word of mouth across dozens or hundreds of kilometers to place A, it was already a lot due to the backward transportation conditions and the poor flow of people in this era. Things will happen in the future. If you want to "refute the rumors" again, you have to go back and forth again.

This astonishing time difference would become even more exaggerated in a backward and closed border area, at least enough for Aiglon to manipulate information for a long time.

At that time, those soldiers will be confident and believe that Paris is no longer able to organize an army to suppress them; while other soldiers in the same area, even if they do not want to join the Bonaparte family, will choose to protect themselves wisely and remain silently neutral in this chaotic situation. , allowing Aiglon to survive the initial danger.

The major was a soldier with little education, but that didn't mean he was stupid. Under Aigron's logical explanations, he immediately understood the power of the entire plan.

He thought for a moment, judged the feasibility of it, and finally nodded lightly in approval.

"What a great idea, Your Majesty! If we can really realize your idea, I think we will encounter a lot less obstacles."

But he also had some concerns at the same time, "But...your methods will eventually be exposed, and I'm afraid it will be harmful to your reputation."

"Reputation? That's not important to me, as long as I win." Aiglon replied disapprovingly, "Besides, if the rumor is self-fulfilled, it is not a rumor. Did we say something wrong? Paris is a mess. Chaos, about to change the dynasty - if this becomes a reality, who will doubt the news they heard? Even if someone is really suspicious, he will have no evidence, because then we will write the truth. All official files will truthfully record everything we say... Of course, if we lose, then we will be heinous traitors. In that case, why should we care about more than one crime on our head?"

"Excellent." The major finally understood all this and couldn't help but exclaimed.

At this moment, he suddenly felt a little afraid of the young man in front of him - was the whole plan conceived in this handsome head? Tight and practical.

If he is really allowed to succeed, will the Marshal really be able to manipulate him in the future? The thought suddenly crossed his mind.

However, this idea is meaningless now. After all, there is no turning back. He has put his wealth and life in this game, and there is no way to turn back. He can only follow this young man to the end.

But here, he still had a little doubt.

"Your Majesty, you can use this plan, but you are not the only one who can use it. If after you take power, someone will use similar methods to deal with you in the future, what should you do?"

"You have misunderstood the essence of the matter, Major." Aigron shrugged, "The reason why we can operate in this way is precisely because the royal family is indeed unpopular. We just pushed hard and broke away from this premise. Everything we do is a joke. If I can lead this country to prosperity, then I am not afraid of anyone else being like us today!"

Aigron's reply seemed confident and full of the domineering power of a king, which also made the major excited. "Indeed, it should be so!"

However, deep down in his heart, Aigron is of course not so "politically correct", but has other calculations.

His plan essentially takes advantage of the loopholes in this information system. Although it can quickly transmit information by operating optical equipment, it requires operators at each node to relay the transmission. The "human" interference factor is too great. As long as If there is a problem with one or two nodes, it will inevitably lead to the deterioration and collapse of the entire information flow.

This is its inherent Achilles heel, no matter how he changes it, it will be difficult to overcome. The only thing that can correct this shortcoming is technological progress - the telegraph.

As long as there is a real "telegraph", hundreds of thousands of kilometers of information can be transmitted through wires, which greatly eliminates the interference of human power itself and truly realizes the seamless flow of information from the central to local governments in a centralized country. exchange.

This can be regarded as using the development of productivity to solve a problem that has traditionally been unsolvable.

Now that we are approaching 1830, the advent of the telegraph is actually not that far away. Aigron can even secretly speed up the process.

Historically, since the advent of the telegraph, Europeans have connected major countries around the world through telegraph lines in just a few decades, and the global economic cycle has entered a new stage.

But even if it is only "a few decades later", for most people today, it is still an unimaginable fantasy. Even if Aigron tells the major now, he will only be regarded as full of fantasy. of little children.

It doesn't matter, since he can educate everyone with reality in the future, why bother explaining?

In short, under Aigron's half-truth and half-false explanation, Major Mipe was already convinced of Aigron and even more confident. He finally fully believed that the young man he wanted to follow was definitely not someone who only relied on his father's reputation, but actually had his own strategy and was capable of serving as a leader for everyone.

Just when he was deep in thought and chuckling, Aigron looked at him again, "Anyway, I have assigned my guard captain Andre to handle this plan. You have met him, so you should know that he is a manager." A very reliable person. After you return to the border, pay attention to contact him. You can cooperate with each other, but remember not to leak this secret. This is very important to us, do you understand?"

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Major Mipe quickly agreed with his head held high, "Thank you for giving me such trust. Don't worry, I will never make any mistakes."

Seeing the major's confident look, Aigron nodded slightly.

"How is the marshal doing now?" he then asked.

"When I left, the Marshal was already preparing to pack his bags." Major Mipe answered him truthfully. "I think he was already preparing to leave Ales and go to the vicinity of Paris."

"Is he finally ready to go out? Paris... Paris..." Aiglon smiled slightly, and then sighed, "Prince Talleyrand must be there too... What an extraordinary meeting, too. I wonder if the two of them will meet in advance."

Major Mippe was not familiar with Prince Talleyrand at all, and he didn’t know what Aiglon and Prince Talleyrand were doing behind the scenes beforehand, so he couldn’t answer Aiglon’s question at all. However, Aiglon was not prepared to start from him. Get answers there.

After all, princes and marshals are not something that a character like a major can influence.

But I'm different, I can decide their future fate, Aigron thought to himself with a hint of pride.

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While Aiglon was making intensive preparations in secret, just as he expected, Prince Talleyrand's mansion received an uninvited guest.

Although this guest is not too young, compared to the old and frail Prince Talleyrand, who looks like he is dying, the visitor appears to be in high spirits, with no signs of vitality failure in his burly body. Although he is wearing casual clothes, That kind of sharpness is still intimidating to people.

"My old friend! I'm so glad to see you after so many years." As soon as he saw the guest, Talleyrand walked up to him on crutches, threw away the crutch, and opened his arms to hug him enthusiastically. .

But this guest did not have Talleyrand's enthusiasm. He just patted the other person's shoulder politely and then let go of his arm. "You are much healthier than I thought."

"That's natural." Talleyrand smiled slyly, "Don't worry, although I'm only a few steps away from the coffin, I can still make a lot of noise... Speaking of which, why did you think of coming to Paris at this time? "

"Since you can come to Paris to meet your old friends, I can also come." Marshal Soult responded unceremoniously, "I also miss my old friends, so I want to visit Paris after a long absence, and I don't plan to give him a visit. Anyone causing trouble. I heard you were actually here, so I came to visit."

"Yes, we don't intend to cause trouble to anyone." Talleyrand laughed loudly, "On the contrary, we can also bring a lot of help to others, right?"

Although Aigron did not mention the other party too much in his correspondence with the two people, the two old men understood each other tacitly, and today was naturally the time for them to secretly clarify each other's position.

Seeing that the other party did not reply, Talleyrand made another explicit hint.

"In this regrettable moment, if the two of us work together, it will be of great benefit to both of us and to the country, don't you think?"

The marshal snorted coldly, seeming to be a little disdainful. "It depends on whether you are worthy or not."